Properties of honey from Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi and Plebeia wittmanni of Argentina

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Table II

Enzymatic activities in Plebeia wittmanni (n = 10) and Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi (n = 12) honeys.

Substrate	Plebeia wittmanni	Tetragonisca angustula fiebrigi
	(IEU^*)	(IEU^*)
Sucrose	4.40 ± 0.20	5.35 ± 0.50
Raffinose	0.85 ± 0.60	1.15 ± 0.50
Trehalose	0.16 ± 0.04	0.75 ± 0.09
Amylose	0.57 ± 0.07	0.77 ± 0.08

IEU: international enzyme units. Values are the mean of four determinations of each honey sample ± SD.